2015/01/13 by X. Luo, Xiaofeng Luo · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Baryon #Beam (structure) #Beam energy #Charge (physics) #Charge conservation #Collider #Heavy ion #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Ion #Net (polyhedron) #Nuclear matter #Nuclear physics #Nucleon #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Phase transition #Physics #Proton #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum chromodynamics #Quark–gluon plasma #Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider #hep-ex #hep-lat #nucl-ex #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/599/1/012023
published in Journal of Physics Conference Series 599, 012023 (IOP Publishing) · 5 pages, 2 figures, Proceedings of Workshop for Young Scientists with Research Interests Focused on Physics at FAIR, Italy, Sept. 22-27, 2014 (FAIRNESS Workshop 2014)
arxiv created 2015/01/13 · openalex publication_date 2015/04/23 · arxiv updated 2015/05/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Fluctuations of conserved quantities in heavy-ion collisions are used to probe the phase transition and the QCD critical point for the strongly interacting hot and dense nuclear matter. The STAR experiment has carried out moment analysis of net-proton (proxy for net- baryon (B)), net-kaon (proxy for net-strangeness (S)), and net-charge (Q). These measurements are important for understanding the quantum chromodynamics phase diagram. We present the analysis techniques used in the moment analysis by the STAR experiment and discuss the moments of net-proton and net-charge distributions from the first phase of the Beam Energy Scan program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.